“I realize that thinking that I am bad at French is not actually helpful in learning, and passing, French. This change in attitude helped me get through the three French classes I needed to graduate with a degree in history.”
It’s the Fall of 2005 and I’m in hell. After dropping out of high school once and college twice, I am now a matriculated student at the
. I have a 3.5 grade point average, but I am now facing my biggest academic obstacle: learning French.I don’t have much intrinsic interest in learning the language, which makes studying painful. I am constantly frustrated by how hard French class is compared to my other classes. My sigh-to-answer ratio in class in non bien .
In the middle of class, one in which I have long since lost the thread of a conversation, my professor calls on me to answer a question with “Monsieur Osborn?” I respond with the first phrase I learned in French, “Je ne sais pas” but, on this occasion, I also add “Je suis mauavise en français” . My exceedingly kind and patient professor responds by saying, “No, you are not bad at French; you are learning French.” And her words penetrate.
I realize that thinking that I am bad at French is not actually helpful in learning, and passing, French. This change in attitude helped me get through the three French classes I needed to graduate with a degree in history.Six years later, I became a special-education teacher. Theprocess I implemented for students then again challenged the way I innately thought about skill building.
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